Saturday, January 02, 2010

Long live the King

Next week, Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 75th birthday. Fiona Sturges talks to the fans, artists and entrepreneurs keeping a legend alive
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Talent 2010

You might think that Coco Sumner – frontwoman of the band I Blame Coco – has an unfair advantage over her indie-pop rivals this year. Coco is the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler, one of the wealthiest, most famous and eminently slappable celebrity couples on the planet.
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Wilco: Saddled up for the long haul

Fiona Sturges talks to Wilco's Jeff Tweedy about longevity against the odds and a dream comeback
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Friday, December 04, 2009

The grime of his life

Lethal Bizzle's uncompromising, personal, lyrics have put him in the political spotlight and led to racist attacks. With his new album moving up the charts, he tells Fiona Sturges what drives him
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Music review - The xx, Audio, Brighton

In an era where stadium-sized rock bands such as Muse create towering symphonies and sing in a register of permanent panic, the south-west London four-piece the xx trade refreshingly in subtlety and understatement...
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

The boy in the corner

On 'Pop Idol', he fought Simon Cowell – and won. On the slippery slopes of the record industry, he kept his feet and triumphed with four platinum albums. On stage, he was lauded for playing Coward. On screen, he shone alongside Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. And on 'Question Time', he dumbfounded the critics to send ratings sky-high. So why, with a greatest-hits album on the way, has Will Young spent the past decade in outright terror? By Fiona Sturges
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Scare tactics

Fiona Sturges on the Hammer horror film posters with real bite
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Friday, October 02, 2009

The return of the concept album

Concept albums used to be the most hideous emblem of conceit in rock bands, so why are they now acceptable? By Fiona Sturges
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Brighton beautiful on the big screen

Armed with a map and an MP3 player, Fiona Sturges takes a new film tour of the Sussex city
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Act of Faith

Burlesque, magic and modelling – Paloma Faith has done it all. Fiona Sturges meets the multi-talented star
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